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AMSTERDAM: Amid the constrained financial scenario, KLM is betting big on India through affiliations with local carriers. The airline is in talks with Kingfisher and Jet Airways to serve secondary markets in India. "We want to cater to about 10 destinations in the secondary market," Michel Fijgerberg, network planner (North Atlantic and India), said. KLM's official website had nearly a million visitors from India in FY09 and the group sees this as proof of growing interest in the Dutch airline.

PARIS: Air France-KLM said Friday it would add a further 300 million euros ($330 million) to a previously announced 1.5-billion-euro cost-cutting programme as it revealed first-half losses of 619 million euros. Despite a five-percent increase in passenger revenue for the first half of 2015, income from cargo plummeted 81 percent, the company said. Tightening competition and the adverse effects of exchange rates also helped drag the airline farther into the red. ...

BANGALORE: Jet setting corporates may have to loosen their purse strings a little more now. KLM may be triggering a trend by slashing corporate discounts by 10 to 12 per cent to the east coast and by 5 per cent to rest of US and Europe from India. Meanwhile, the French authorities have decided to make travel a little easier by withdrawing the need for a transit visa to fly via Paris to US and Europe. Delta Airlines, which op-erates a daily flight to the US is the biggest beneficiary from this...

HYDERABAD: KLM, Royal Dutch Airlines will operate two more weekly flights between Hyderabad and Amsterdam (from 4 to 6 flights) from this winter and a direct flight between Delhi and Amsterdam will be operated daily. Additionally, KLM will raise its capacity on its daily flights from Delhi to Amsterdam by 45 per cent by utilising Boeing 747-400, instead of the MD-11 aircraft, announced Sanjeet, India representative and Warner Rootlip, General Manager for India, Nepal,...

PARIS: Air France-KLM pledged on Thursday to accelerate and expand its restructuring plans after a weak economy in several markets pushed down a key revenue measure in the second quarter. Europe's second-largest network carrier said it was on course with 1.8 billion euros ($2 billion) of restructuring already under way, but the cumulative effective of 12 months of revenue pressures had forced it to beef up its plans. The latest measures include 300 million euros...

NETHERLANDS: Gaganjeet Bhullar seemed to be the only Indian golfer in with a good chance of making the weekend rounds as he carded even par 70 in the first round of the KLM Open in The Netherlands. Bhullar, who had three birdies and as many bogeys was lying tied 47th, while Jeev Milkha Singh (72) was tied 87th and Shiv Kapur (75) was 129th and in danger of missing the cut. The cut looks likely at even par at the...

PARIS: Air France and its Dutch partner KLM announced new increases in their fuel surcharges on Wednesday in the face of rising oil prices. Air France said the surcharge would increase by two euros one way on domestic flights, four euros one way on medium-haul flights from France and 10 euros on long-haul flights from France. Half the increase would be cancelled whenever oil prices stabilised below 110 dollars a barrel. The other half would be lifted...

AMSTERDAM: KLM, the Dutch subsidiary of Air France , says it has flown a plane through the cloud of volcanic ash covering Europe without suffering any damage. KLM carried out a test flight above Dutch air space on Saturday. It says initial inspections afterward showed no damage or irregularities from the ash in the air that has led to a ban on air travel over much of Europe since Friday. The airline says it now plans to return seven airplanes...

NEW DELHI: Jet Airways Ltd reversed losses of over 12 per cent in late afternoon trade on Monday, after India's premier international airline entered into codeshare agreements with premium European carriers Air France and KLM. Jet Airways plunged over 12 per cent in morning trade, after India's foreign investment regulator, FIPB , deferred a decision on Etihad Airways' planned 24 per cent stake buy in the airline. However, the stock...

KLM unveils 'design own luggage label scheme' Indian visitors of klm.com can now design their own cool luggage labels with incorporating a selected image or their own photographs. The luggage labels can be personalised. A photo of the kids, the dog, a holiday or party picture, anything is possible! Alternatively a KLM-image can be selected from a gallery of five categories. After ordering, the labels are sent to the chosen address of the customer.

NEW YORK: Continental Airlines, the fifth biggest US carrier, will delay deliveries on most of a Boeing aircraft order valued at $2.5bn until at least '08, The Wall Street Journal said in a report on Monday. Continental, which has permanently grounded 82 of its planes since '01, has agreed with Boeing to delay delivery of 36 of the 56 short-haul 737s it has on order, the Journal said. The airline is also trying to defer all 11 of the bigger 757-300s it has on order. Continental's plans...

MUMBAI: European carrier Air France-KLM today joined the bandwagon of international airlines offering discounted tickets to the outbound Indian passengers with the launch of a limited period 20 per cent discount scheme on Air France, KLM and Delta flights. The 'Independence Day special' offer is valid for bookings made in India between August 11 and August 15 for travel between October 1 and December 15, the airline said in a release. As India celebrates...

PARIS: Competition from Gulf carriers has made the burgeoning Indian aviation market "tough" and Air France-KLM would have to upgrade its image to address this challenge, the airline's global CEO has said. "Of course, Indian market is an important one, (mainly due to an) enormous population and a growing economy but it is a difficult one," Air France-KLM CEO Alexandre de Juniac told PTI in an interview here, stressing that competition was "tough" in India ...

NEW DELHI: To attract Indian flyers , the Air France-KLM-Delta Airlines group today announced attractive business class promotional fares for short stays in Europe and the UK without any minimum stay restriction. The promotional fares are available for a maximum stay of three days with outbound departure on Mondays, Tuesdays and Wednesdays and are open for ticketing till June 30, with the travel period up to September 30, a group statement here said. The promotion...

NEW DELHI: Air France-KLM group would soon add capacity in their cargo business in India, increasing the number of weekly freighter flights from Chennai and Mumbai by one and two respectively to Amsterdam and beyond. The full freighter services from Mumbai would double from two to four from April one, while those from Chennai would increase from three to four. "Air France, KLM and Martinair Cargo are doing this primarily in response to the needs of the...

NEW DELHI: Air France KLM Martinair Cargo has revamped its full freighter operations in India by dropping Delhi as a destination and adding more capacity in Mumbai as it seeks profitability from its Indian operations. The European group's full freighter operations have been under pressure globally and registered a 202 million euro ($281 million) loss in 2013 giving rise to speculation that the group may completely shut down its full freighter operations globally. "We...

Mumbai: The merger of Delta and Northwest would result in a change in their India operations, though it's too early to say how the merged entity is going to rearrange its flights across the world, said airline sources. Both Delta and Northwest have flights to India. Delta has a daily, non-stop flight on the Mumbai-New York route, while Northwest operates to the US with a stopover in Amsterdam. Northwest operates its flights through a code-share arrangement with Dutch carrier KLM,...

Although the exact results of the Delta-Northwest merger on flights to various parts of the world is yet to be worked out, airline sources said operations of the airlines to India could see a change. Both Delta and Northwest have flights to India. Delta has a daily, non-stop flight on the Mumbai-New York route. Northwest, on the other hand, operates to the US with a stopover in Amsterdam. In a complex arrangement, Northwest operates its flights in a code-share with Dutch carrier...

NEW DELHI: Eyeing Indian travellers during the upcoming holiday season, Air France-KLM today announced a limited-period promotional offer of 30 per cent discount on basic fare for travel between October and mid-December. The discount offer is valid in all classes for booking starting tomorrow till September 14 and for travel between October one till December 15, an airline statement said. It said tickets could be booked from travel agents, ticket counters or the...

The latest diamond heist in Cannes is just another event in a long line of heists that were carried out with minimum effort and maximum gain. Sadly for the police, the perpetrators rarely get caught. July 28, 2013 Carlton Intercontinental Hotel, Cannes, France Wearing a cap and a scarf, a man walked into the ground floor exhibition room. Armed, the thief held up a diamond show. Owned by Israeli billionaire Lev Leviev, the diamonds and other gems were being watched by...